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Citizens for Professional Wildlife Management

CPWM is a ballot committee sponsoring a citizen-initiated law called the Scientific Fish & Wildlife Conservation Act. The goal of the initiative is to ensure that fish and wildlife are managed with sound science and to protect hunting and fishing rights from attacks by out-of-state anti-hunting organizations.

CPWM for the WIN!

VOLUNTEER

If we want to protect the rights to hunt, fish and trap in Michigan, then we need everyone who cares about our outdoor heritage to help out! To support the Scientific Fish & Wildlife Conservation Act, we have collected over 340,000 signatures. [Read More]

Downloadable Info

The petition collection period has come to a close. Feel free to continue downloading petition information and fact sheets. Share them with friends and send them to your Legislative leaders! Be sure to tell your local representatives that you support scientific management of our natural resources!

ENDORSEMENTS

A huge thank you to everyone who supported CPWM through the petition campaign and who continues to support us through the end!
Dale Zorn - State Representative (R-Monroe)
Kirk Gibson - Former Detroit Tiger and current Arizona Diamondbacks [Read More]

UPDATES

Gaylord, MI – When anti-hunters tried to take away the right to hunt bears by attacking bear hunting methods in 1996, the Michigan conservation community banded together to defeat them by passing Proposal G, and a big part of its success was a large donation [Read More]

LANSING—Acclaimed television host, author and outdoor writer Steven Rinella has endorsed the Michigan petition to protect hunting rights, provide free military licenses and fight Asian carp. Rinella, who is from Michigan, released a statement urging his fans to sign the petition, which is being circulated [Read More]

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Recent Media

In early November, MLive ran a series of articles about how Michigan’s wolf hunting season came to be, capped off by an editorial, “Wolf ends don’t justify means.”Through this series of articles and the editorial MLive accused the Department of Natural Resources of misleading the public [Read More]